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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

A message from Dr Syed Badar Husain, renowned
neurologist in Atlanta:

ØEach AC Car user,Now this is very interesting & MUST
READ , as it's for HEALTH !...Car's manual says to roll down the windows to let
out all the hot air before turning on the A/C. WHY ?ØNo wonder more folks are dying from cancer than ever
before. We wonder where this stuff comes from, but here is an example that explains a lot of the cancer-causing incidents.Many people are in their cars the first thing in the
morning, and the last thing at night, 7 days a week.ØPlease do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the
car.

ØOpen the windows after you enter your car and then
after a couple of minutes, turn ON the AC .

ØHere's why: According to research, the car's
dashboard, seats, a/c ducts, in fact ALL of the plastic objects in your
vehicle, emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin. A BIG CARCINOGEN. Take the time to observe the smell of
heated plastic in your car when you open it, and BEFORE you start it up.

ØIn addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your
bones, causes anaemia and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure can cause
Leukaemia and increases the risk of some cancers. It can also cause
miscarriages in pregnant women.

ØThe "acceptable" Benzene level indoors is:
50mg per sq.ft. A car parked indoors, with windows closed, will contain 400-800
mg of Benzene - 8 times the acceptable level. If parked outdoors in the sun, at a temperature
above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the
acceptable level.

ØPeople who get into the car, keeping the windows
closed, will eventually INHALE excessive amounts of the BENZENE toxin. Benzene
is a toxin that affects your kidneys and liver. What's worse, it is extremely
difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.

ØSo friends, please open the windows and doors of your
car - give it some time for the interior to air out-(dispel the deadly stuff) - before
you enter the vehicle.

ØThought: 'When someone shares something of value with
you and you benefit from it, you should share it with others... It's a moral
obligation...Please circulate

Most people will tell you luck is about being at the right place with the right people at the right time--but there's a lot more than that to luck.

The dictionary describes luck as events that influence your life but are not of your making.

If we believe we are in perfect control our lives, we are kidding ourselves. Even the most careful planning runs into the unexpected. That's inevitable.

How we allow that unplanned change to play out is a huge component in how lucky we are.

Follow these 13 principles and see how your luck changes.

1. Position yourself. The first step toward improving your luck is to acknowledge that luck exists. Lucky people position themselves for luck by organizing their lives and work so they can embrace opportunities and weather storms.

2. Plan, but be ready to bail. Lucky people know their plans may not always work out, and they're careful not to let themselves to grow too confident or relaxed. They anticipate rapid change and they don't bet on everything they have on large irrevocable commitments. They're ready to bail if they have to; they know luck has a way of evaporating when you lean on it.

3.Remember, luck comes and goes. It's not that lucky people feel unassailably secure--more that they refuse to relax. They keep their options open and explore new possibilities.

4. Don't take the blame. Lucky people don't feel responsible for their luck--when they have a streak of bad luck they don't blame themselves. Instead, they look for ways to turn it around.

5. Go where luck resides. Lucky people surround themselves with people who have things happening for them. Cultivate the kind of personality that gets you noticed, and then make contacts and get involved.

6. Stick your neck out. The lucky ones know that you have to invite luck to happen--in other words, stick your neck out. Take some risks and be willing to accept what may come--good or bad--and deal with both as it unfolds.

7. Never say anything's 100 percent sure. Lucky people know that some of their decisions will be wrong, so even though they take risks they don't set themselves up to fail by expecting success to hit every time.

8. Don't push it.People who are lucky always assume that their luck will run out. They sell short and don't ride the peak, because they know not to push their luck. It's not about being a pessimist but a realist, with a rational approach to a world that is uncontrollable and unpredictable.

9.Don't look for a straight path. Lucky people not only permit themselves to be distracted, they invite distractions. Their path is never a straight line. You never know where life will take you, and lucky breaks may come from something that you could not have imagined.

10.Lose with optimism. Lucky people are agile and flexible and ready to take detours when they need to. They expect the best but know how to handle the worst.

11. Listen up. Lucky people know that you learn more by listening than by speaking. When you listen you can observe more, see more, and know more. They also know it's a lot harder to get yourself in trouble when you keep your mouth shut.

12. Partner up. Lucky people tend to have great partners. Of course, plenty of people do well on their own, but a solid partnership lets you build on two sets of strengths and gives you a sounding board for new ideas.

13.Stay busy. Lucky people always seem to have more than one venture going on at the same time, so if one thing doesn't work out there are plenty of other options.

A consistently lucky person is someone who sees life for what it is--and what it is not--and does all they can to be flexible, agile, observant, optimistic, and understanding.

They know that sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck, and sometimes getting what you want happened because you went out and got it.

Scientists have fresh evidence of just how healthy a non-Western lifestyle can be. In a new report, researchers studied an indigenous group of hunter-gatherers that live in South America and found that their risk for coronary atherosclerosis— hardening of the arteries—is five times less common compared to adults living in the United States.

"We've been interested in understanding what the aging process is like in groups that are not part of a modern technological society, because their lifestyle is more like our ancestors," says study author Hillard Kaplan, a professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico.

In the report, published in the journal The Lancet, the research team visited 85 villages of Tsimane people and measured 705 adults to calculate their risk for heart disease. They took CT scans of the people to look at the hardening in their arteries and measured other factors like blood pressure, heart rate, inflammation and more.

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A full 85% of the people in the study had no risk of heart disease and 13% had a low risk, according to the CT scans. When the researchers compared those findings to a study of 6,814 Americans, they found that only 14% of the people had a CT scan that implied no risk for heart disease, and 50% had either a moderate or high risk. The Tsimane people also had lower levels of blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar. Interestingly, even though many of the people had high levels of inflammation, it didn't appear to affect their heart disease risk.The researchers weren't able to fully answer why the Tsimane people have such a lower risk for heart disease, but their lifestyles likely play a major role. The Tsimane people spend only 10% of their day being inactive; for the rest of it, they hunt, gather and farm. They consume a lot of high-fiber, non-processed carbohydrates like corn, nuts and rice, and about 15% of their diet is from meat or fish protein. The diet is overall low in fat, and people rarely smoke.

By contrast, many people in the U.S. are sedentary and inactive most of the day. Processed food has also become a ubiquitous part of Western diets, and smoking rates are much higher; about 15% of U.S. adults currently smoke.

The researchers say their findings don't suggest that all people need to adopt a hunter-gather lifestyle. "The Tsimane are people just like us in many respects, but live under very different conditions," says Kaplan. "We don’t want to look to the Tsimane and say this is how all people should live. It's also a very difficult life, and they've benefited from modern changes. But there are real lessons."

Instead, the researchers argue that some heart disease risk factors could be avoided if people incorporated elements of the Tsimane lifestyle into their own: like being more active, not smoking and being more concerned with diet
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The study found that a single dose of the protein administered up to eight hours after stroke protected brain tissue and improved neurological performance.(Shutterstock)

A protein found in the venom of Australia’s deadly funnel-web spider may prevent the human brain from the devastating damage after a stroke, according to researchers in Australia.

Researchers from the University of Queensland and Monash University said the small protein from the venom of the spider showed great promise as a future stroke treatment. “We believe that we have, for the first time, found a way to minimise the effects of brain damage after a stroke,” said professor Glenn King, who led the research.

“The small protein we discovered, Hi1a, blocks acid-sensing ion channels in the brain, which are key drivers of brain damage after stroke,” said King.

During preclinical studies, researchers found that a single dose of Hi1a administered up to eight hours after stroke protected brain tissue and drastically improved neurological performance.

“This world-first discovery will help us provide better outcomes for stroke survivors by limiting the brain damage and disability caused by this devastating injury,” King said.

Stroke claims six million lives worldwide each year, and five million survivors are left with a permanent disability, researchers said. King said that he hoped this discovery could radically improve outcomes for stroke patients.

“One of the most exciting things about Hi1a is that it provides exceptional levels of protection for eight hours after stroke onset, which is a remarkably long window of opportunity for treatment,” he said. “Hi1a even provides some protection to the core brain region most affected by oxygen deprivation, which is generally considered unrecoverable due to the rapid cell death caused by stroke.

All members of the Australian funnel-web spiders subfamily are native to Australia. A number of the species produce venom which is dangerous to humans and bites by spiders of six of the species have caused severe injuries to victims.

The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Melbourne Brain Centre Director Professor Stephen Davis said the preclinical work was very promising. A safe and effective neuroprotectant could be given in the ambulance to most stroke patients before hospital arrival and enable many more stroke victims to be treated, said Davis.

“The next step is to determine whether these very encouraging results can be translated into successful human benefits in clinical trials,” he said.

The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.